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No FIR even after MLA Sanjay Gaikwad's rape threat, tongue-cut warning: Pansare book publisher in legal notice to Kolhapur police
April 30, 2026 6:10 pm
After the audio clip went viral, Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad apologised for using "abusive" language towards Prashant Ambi’s mother.
A tale of two Shivajis – emancipator of peasants vs instrument of politics
April 30, 2026 1:59 pm
Claiming that this legacy is damaged by the name 'Shivaji' used without the honorific 'Chhatrapati' disregards the resilience and maturity of the Maratha state. Both swarajya and Maharashtra dharma are characterised by a tradition of dissent, starting with the legacy of saints like Chakradhar Swami. From Phule to Pansare, Maharashtra’s soil has always preferred the 'seeker' over the 'silencer'
Sanjay Gaikwad in fresh row over 'threat' to Shivaji Maharaj book publisher
April 23, 2026 7:32 pm
Book by rationalist Govind Pansare was first published in 1988
Bombay HC grants bail to 3 accused in CPI leader Govind Pansare’s murder case
October 14, 2025 4:41 pm
Govind Pansare and his wife were attacked during their morning walk on February 16, 2015. He succumbed to his injuries four days later at a Mumbai hospital.
"At this stage, we are deeply troubled..." says Pansare's family
February 20, 2025 12:03 am
As the trial in the case that began in January 2023 continues, concerns voiced by Pansare's family go beyond what the case status suggests on the surface, highlighting deeper issues that remain unaddressed.
Pansare murder: Bombay HC pulls up govt for laxity in pursuing 2018 plea to nix accused’s bail
October 20, 2022 5:19 pm
CPI leader Govind Pansare was shot on Feb 16, 2015 in Kolhapur and died four days later. The accused Virendrasinh Tawade has also been named in the 2013 murder case of rationalist Dr Narendra Dabholkar.
Pansare murder case: HC transfers probe from SIT to ATS
August 04, 2022 1:18 am
Allowing a plea filed by Pansare’s kin seeking transfer of the probe from the SIT, the court said the ATS would be assisted by a few officers of state CID, the agency that had been investigating the case till date, for continuity.
Pansare murder: HC seeks CID progress report, kin seek transfer of case to ATS
July 08, 2022 12:29 am
While Dabholkar was shot dead in Pune on August 20, 2013, Pansare was shot at on February 16, 2015, near his house in Kolhapur. He died four days later. The CBI is investigating the Dabholkar case while the state SIT is probing Pansare's murder.
Gauri Lankesh killing: Court rejects bail plea of 6 accused who cited delay in trial
February 25, 2021 12:10 am
The sessions court rejected their bail plea on February 20, stating that part of the reason for the delay in the commencement of the trial – apart from the Covid-19 crisis – was frequent applications filed by the accused themselves.
Dabholkar, Pansare murders: Inform in a month when trial will begin, Bombay HC directs probe agencies
February 14, 2020 3:20 am
Narendra Dabholkar, a rationalist, was shot dead in Pune on August 20, 2013, while Govind Pansare was shot on February 16, 2015, near his house in Kolhapur in western Maharashtra.
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